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Carolina Basketball 2011-12 CAROLINA BASKETBALL TIMELINE Getty Images to win UNC's fourth NCAA title and the first for Coach Roy Williams. Felton hits a three to break a 65-all tie, then adds a steal and three clutch free throws in the final minute. The Illini went 12 for 40 from three-point range. June 28, 2005: Carolina becomes the first school to have four lottery selections in one NBA Draft as Marvin Williams (2), Felton (5), May (13) and McCants (14) go in the first 14 picks. Feb. 15, 2006: Tyler Hansbrough scores an ACC-freshman-record 40 points in an 82-75 win over Georgia Tech in the Smith Center. March 4, 2006: Carolina beats No. 1 Duke 83-76 on Senior Night in Durham. The Tar Heels' four freshmen (Bobby Frasor, Marcus Ginyard, Danny Green and Hansbrough) out- scored Duke's four seniors (including first-team All-Americas J.J. Redick and Shelden Wil- liams), 55-51. Dec. 9, 2006: Hansbrough scores 24 and Carolina routs High Point, 94-69, to give Roy Williams his 500th win as a college head coach. Williams reached the mark in his 19th season, faster than any coach in history. March 11, 2007: Brandan Wright be- comes the fifth freshman to win ACC Tourna- ment MVP honors after leading UNC to its first ACC title since 1998. Wright had 20 points in the semifinal and 16 in the championship against NC State. March 16, 2008: Wayne Ellington scores 24 points as Carolina wins its 17th ACC Tourna- ment with an 86-81 win over Clemson. March 23, 2008: Hansbrough breaks Christian Laettner's ACC record for career free throws against Arkansas in the NCAA Tour- nament second round in Raleigh, N.C. Hans- brough set the UNC record on Feb. 3 at Florida State. March 29, 2008: Hansbrough has 28 points and 13 rebounds and is named East Regional MVP as UNC beats Louisville to reach its 17th NCAA Final Four. Dec. 18, 2008: Hansbrough scores with 7:42 to play in the first half against Evansville for his 2,292nd point, breaking Phil Ford's UNC scoring record. Feb. 28, 2009: Hansbrough makes his 906th career free throw in UNC's win over Georgia Tech, breaking Dickie Hemric's (Wake Forest) NCAA record, set in 1955. Hansbrough finishes his career with 982 made free throws. March 19, 2009: Hansbrough sinks a free throw in the first half of the NCAA Tournament first round win over Radford, giving him 2,770 points and breaking J.J. Redick's (Duke) ACC scoring mark. He passed Larry Bird in the na- tional semifinal win over Villanova and finished with 2,872 points, 12th in NCAA history. March 29, 2009: Ty Lawson, the 2009 Bob Cousy Award winner, scores 21 points and earns South Regional MVP honors as No. 1 seed UNC beats No. 2 seed Oklahoma, 72- 60, in Memphis, Tenn., to send the Tar Heels to their record 18th Final Four. April 6, 2009: Final Four MVP Ellington scores 17 of his 19 points in the first half, Law- son has a game-high 21 points and sets a Final Four record with eight steals, and Hansbrough scores 18 points to cap his brilliant career as the Tar Heels beat Michigan State, 89-72, in De- troit to win the national championship. Elling- ton sets a Final Four record by making 8 of 10 three-pointers in the two games. Carolina leads the Spartans, 55-34, at the half, setting champi- onship game records for most points in a first half and largest lead at the break. March 2, 2010: Ginyard registers his first career double-double with 12 points and 12 as- sists as Carolina beats Miami, 69-62, to become the second school in NCAA history to win its 2,000th game. April 1, 2010: Forward Deon Thompson plays in his NCAA record-setting 152nd career game as the Tar Heels fall to Dayton, 79-68, in Madison Square Garden in the NIT champion- ship game. March 12, 2011: Harrison Barnes scores 40 points, an ACC Tournament record for a freshman, to lead the Tar Heels to a 92-87 over- time win in the semifinals over Clemson. Caro- lina advanced to the title game despite trailing by 19 points in the second half in the quarterfi- nals against Miami and by 10 at halftime against the Tigers. March 18, 2011: Tyler Zeller scores 32 points, John Henson has 28 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks and Barnes adds 24 points as UNC beats Long Island, 102-87, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Henson is the first Tar Heel to ever have at least 25 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks in an NCAA Tourna- ment game. March 20, 2011: Freshman point guard Kendall Marshall hands out 14 assists as Caro- lina beats Washington, 86-83, to advance to the Sweet 16. The 14 assists are the most ever by a Tar Heel in the NCAA Tournament. 115 April 6, 2009: Wayne Ellington wins Final Four MOP honors after scoring 19 points in the title-game victory over Michigan State. March 4, 2006: Freshman Tyler Hansbrough and UNC beats Duke on Senior Night at Duke, the first of four consecutive road wins over the Blue Devils. Getty Images